40 coronavirus deaths in Duval County among 163 in Florida on Tuesday

JACKSONVILLE, Florida. – The Florida Department of Health reported a total of 163 additional deaths in the state on Tuesday due to COVID-19, 40 of which were reported in Duval County.

It is important to note that it is not clear exactly when these people died. However, it is the highest number of deaths in Duval County reported by the Department of Health in a single day.

The Florida Department of Health reported 9,816 new cases of coronavirus in the state on Tuesday – the second day in a row that fewer than 10,000 cases have been reported in a day since December 28, when 8,198 cases were reported.

Duval County registered an additional 553 cases on Tuesday for a total of 75,731.

Since March, 1,589,097 people in Florida have tested positive for COVID-19.

Of the deaths reported on Tuesday, 48 occurred in northeastern Florida.

Since the start of the pandemic, 24,820 people have died in Florida from the virus.

Late Tuesday afternoon, 7,363 people were hospitalized in Florida with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, according to the state Health Administration Agency.

The statewide positivity rate based on Monday’s test was 8.97%, the health department said on Tuesday.

Health department data showed on Monday that 1,066,107 people in Florida received at least one injection of two federally approved COVID-19 vaccines.

Common symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, difficulty breathing, sore throat, muscle pain and loss of taste or smell. Most people develop only mild symptoms. But some people, usually those with other medical complications, develop more severe symptoms, including pneumonia.